What replaces office picture manager in office 2013?

Anonymous
2012-07-17T15:09:08+00:00

The Office Picture Manager has been a very quick and easy tool to use, built into Office and readily available no matter what machine I have to use.  I would rather not have to install 3rd party software to do what MS has made easy to do in the past.

Any word on what this app is called now and where it's hidden in the Office 2013 install?

Thanks!

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Anonymous
2014-11-13T02:58:20+00:00

The best workaround I've found is to use the free SharePoint Designer 2010 to bootstrap the MS Office Picture Manager.

You can get the SharePoint Installer from this post:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Office_Suites/MS_Office/A_12697-How-to-Install-Microsoft-Office-Picture-Manager-in-Office-2013.html

Then, for more detailed instructions, you can follow the Guide Here:

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-install-and-get-microsoft-office-picture-manager-back-in-office-2013/

The short version is to run the installer.  

Then choose "Customize" instead of "Install Now".  

Then deselect everything that's not "Office Tools" > "Microsoft Office Picture Manager"

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2012-07-24T18:18:50+00:00

The Office Picture Manager has been a very quick and easy tool to use, built into Office and readily available no matter what machine I have to use.  I would rather not have to install 3rd party software to do what MS has made easy to do in the past.

Any word on what this app is called now and where it's hidden in the Office 2013 install?

Thanks!

Hey John,

You are correct that Office Picture Manager was removed from the suite. Inside programs such as PowerPoint and Word there are still editing tools. You also have Windows Live Photo Gallery which I feel is a much more program specific picture editing tool. Hopefully the small change does not effect your trial of the Next Microsoft Office.

Thanks for Posting!

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-09-28T12:09:25+00:00

    I found the same problem with the brightness and contrast settings not saving until I tried a Save As, and then worked of the saved copy. It worked.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-09-28T12:34:59+00:00

    No, MS.  These other programs do not edit the way we need them to. As insignificant as Picture Manager might SEEM to be to you when compared to mighty programs like Photoshop or Corel Paintshop, the truth is that Picture Manager does a lot of the quick, necessary edits, crops, and size reductions much, much faster and easier than those big clunky programs. I am a technical writer/illustrator in a new job for a large manufacturer. They use Corel Paintshop Pro. I had never heard of Paintshop Pro, nor do I have all the time in the world to sit down and learn everything about it. I am learning Corel on the fly and it is very frustrating at times. I just want simple edits. In my manuals, I use photos and B&W line drawing artwork created from AutoCAD and SolidWorks 3D modeling. I always, ALWAYS turn to Photo Manager much more than I do Corel. It's simple, easy to use, does exactly what I need it to do, it keeps me productive, sane, and HAPPY in my job.

    So, no, it's not just some little insignificant program that nobody really uses.

    So, now the company has upgraded our work computers and we have Windows 10 and I HAVE NO Picture manager.

    GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-09-28T13:34:57+00:00

    It's quite startling that Microsoft are NOT listening to their customers. Even worse that they seem to have stuck their heads in the sand over the issue. I plan to write to the Microsoft HQ at Thames Valley Park in Reading, Berkshire, UK in the hope that the ancient craft of writing in ink on paper holds more weight that web mail. Given the advances in computers I guess they might struggle to open the envelope but I must remain ever optimistic. Keep the faith - Keep up the pressure on Microsoft to fix it. Regards

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